Is Voyager Mission Mankind's Greatest Accomplishment?

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🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Emer Reynolds’ latest film project, The Farthest, tells the story of the Voyager spacecraft, the first man-made objects to leave the solar system.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:03.6	Meet the press.
0:05.0	Meet the press.
0:07.4	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press podcast.
0:12.8	My guest today is Eamard Reynolds, director of a new documentary called The Farthest.
0:19.0	It is a beautiful movie.
0:21.2	I mean, just picture wise, it just is beautiful.
0:24.9	It's about Voyager, the spacecraft that launched 40 years ago and is now 12 billion
0:29.9	miles away from Earth.
0:32.4	In 2012, Voyager was the first man-made object to enter deep space.
0:36.6	And in this movie, Eamard talks to the engineers and scientists who worked on the spacecraft
0:42.2	when it was first launched.
0:43.2	And those who are still working on it today, for real space junkies, if you remember,
0:47.5	the HBO sort of mini-series from here to the moon that was sort of a docu-drama, I got
0:53.5	that same vibe from watching this.
0:55.7	Anyway, the movie will be in limited-release theaters around the country this month, and
1:00.7	will be available on PBS on August 23rd, which will mark the 40th anniversary of Voyager's
1:05.9	launch.
1:06.9	And the director, Eamard, joins me now.
1:09.1	Welcome to 1947.
1:10.1	Thank you, Czech.
1:11.1	Pleasure being here.
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